On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 11:03 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > Can anyone explain WHY there is an issue? Just curious why leaving > IPv6 enabled would cause his firefox to stutter and/or hang. > > On 12/17/06, Donn wrote: > > Open a tab to about:config and search for IPv6. Set network.dns.disableIPv6 > > to 'true'. > > > > > > On 12/17/06, Clayton Stapleton wrote: > > > Firefox does not recognize all of the web addresses that are entered. Some > > starts to load and then hangs and nothing happens. If I remember correctly > > there is a modification to a program that says no to IPv6 and that takes > > care of the problem. Is their someone out there that can give me the > > solution? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Clay ---- actually, waiting for an ipv6 address would cause a delay if a program were to sit and wait for a ipv6 DNS address that never comes because the DNS server providing the service only serves ipv4 addresses. What I have have seen that causes a problems with some downstream routers is tcp window scaling and that I've solved by adding to sysctl.conf... net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0 Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss